Undergoing maintenance before leaving Chile after summer fire fighting season. Not visible on the photo, the aircraft carries the Castilla/La Mancha stylised cote of arms on vertical stabilizer. Carlos Ay photo.

Preparing to leave Chile after summer fire fighting season with pulp & paper giant, Empresas CMPC. Carlos Ay photo.

Preparing to leave Chile after summer fire fighting season. Carlos Ay photo.

Preparing to leave Chile after summer fire fighting season. Carlos Ay photo.

On the left is C-7B 63-9739 (N80NC c/n 186), with its tail separate on the ground. On the right is C-7B 62-4150 (N92NC c/n 86). Behind 63-9739 on the left we see C-117D Bu 17177 c/n 43306, still in "Phoenix of Metal" artwork colours (by artist Nunca), and behind that is C-117D Bu 50808 c/n 43394, still in "Warning Shot" artwork colours (by artist Retna). On the right behind 62-4150 is C-117D Bu 17102 c/n 43330, still in "Time Flies By" artwork colours (by artists How and Nosm). Both Caribous are stored at the Pima museum since September 2020, and the three C-117s were part of Pima's Boneyard Project: Return Trip exhibition in 2012.

Stored at the Pima museum since September 2020. Was officially registered as N92NC on 26 July 1990, but registration never painted on. Not to be confused with the C-7B Caribou at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (USAF Museum) at Wright-Patterson AFB, which is falsely painted as 62-4150. That aircraft is in fact 62-4193.

Officially registered as N98NC on 18 March 1990, but registration was never painted on. This Caribou is stored at the Pima museum since September 2020.

MASDC inventory code CM001 barely visible on the nose. Its tail section separate on the ground. This C-7B was officially registered as N80NC on 5 March 1990, but the registration was never painted on. It sits stored at the Pima museum since September 2020.